Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-13
COACHING CONDUCTORS.
Circulars of Instruction issued to
the Rock Island Ticket Punehers
Ministers only are Favored with
Half Fare Permits

the Rock Island Ticket Punehefs
Ministers only are Favored with
Half Fare Permits
Conductors IN the employ Of the
c., R. l. S P. are in receipt of the sub
Joined circular letters from President
Cable and General Ticket Agent Hol-
brook. The instructions differ in many
respects from the action taken by othel
roads on the new commerce law, but it
is evident that the dead head has not
only got to 60 but has to all iutents and
purposes gone:
c., r. |. P. RAILWAY Co.
OFFICE President AND GEN. MAN,
CHICAGO. April 4, 1887 \
To conductors: You are instructed
after this date to take up and return to
this office all trip, time or annual passes
which may be presented and which read
complimentary, after having honored
them to destination, with the exception
of annual passes bearing my signature.
and numbered Al, AT. and A93, which
you will recognize for the passage of per-
SONS to whom they are issued, until Dec.
81, 1887.
Hereafter no passes will be issued by
this company, excepting to railroad Off
cials and employs of this and connecting
railway and steamship lines, and the i'm,
mediate members of their families; repre-
sentstives OF express, sleeping car and
| other transportation companies; officers
and employees of the railway mail service,
and such other persons or companies as
we may be under contract or agreement
with to furnish free transportation.
In each case, however, the reason fol
the issue OF the pass. "annual or trip
should be gwen thereon, and ali free
transportation not giving this informa'
ton must not be recognized.
r. r. CABLE.
President and General Manager.
c., K. | & P. RAILWAY. !
GEN. TICKET. AND PASSENGER DEPT, !
CHICAGO, March 3lst. 1887.
To conductors: The Interstate COM
merce law, which takes effect April s.
1887. provides for very severe penalties
in cases of violation and this makes i,
more than ever necessary that each and
every passenger should receive at the
hands of train conductors exactly the
same treatment in every particular.
The law maks it incumbent upon rail.
road companies to see that no person has
any undue preference over another.
As it seems clear that the law permits
us To do so, we will continue to carry
and those between the ages Of five and
twelve years, wnen accompanied BY
parent or guardian, for half fare. You
will be careful to enforce this rule with
exact impartialily as il will not do to
allow one persons child, who is over
1--WE years of age. go free and not another
nor to carry one child over twelve for
half fare and not another.
Clergymen holdiag halt fare permits
will be carried on half fale tickets q.
heretofore, but none others except child
ren as provided above All half fare
permits issued to any other class OF
persons, viz: sisters of charity, temper.
advance agents, officers of colleges. etc,
etc, are cancelled. The persons holding
half fare permits of this character have
been requested to return them, bu,
should any of them fail to do SD and
present them for passage, you will take
them up. charging the person presenting
them in connection with half tickets, an
oIIiftnnu1 q half fnr a,l uhN.,tl 8
son from whom such half fare is collected
feel aggrieved, give receipt for the
amount and refer them TO this depart>
ment, You will continue to collect train
rates at ten cents higher than ticket rates.
as per rule o, l and of book of in
structlons to conductors, in effect Janu-
ary /, 1882, and for the reasons explained
above, this rule must be enforced strictly
and in every case.
The extreme penalty in case of VIOLA
tion of the law is 5000, and the law
holds any agent or representative of the
company personally responsible as well
As the COMPANY
All the rules and regulations in book
of rules and regulations for conductors.
taking effect Jan. !, 1882, and any gem
eral orders issued since, which do not
cofilct with this circular, must be rigidly
enforced.
In case Of general orders regarding
which you are in any d,rlbt, you will
Immediately communicate -i.h this de-
partment, citing the general order and
the questions in relation thereto which
seems to you doubtful
E A. HoLBROoK,
Gen Ticket and Pass. Agent.